Each device that's connected to the web has a unique identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of addresses, that was introduced at first, is already distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain which opens an internet site has an IP record, which is the address of the server where it's hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it consists of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 divided with a dot, while in the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is comprised of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind of records use digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. An illustration of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format can handle a substantially greater number of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

The cutting-edge Hepsia website hosting CP, bundled with our cloud hosting, will allow you to set up a new AAAA record effortlessly. When you are inside the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you'll discover all records that you have for any hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to choose the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA after which only type in or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We also have a step-by-step guide if you've never created records for your domain names, but it is not likely that you will need it as Hepsia is much easier to make use of than compared with other Control Panels on the market. Within an hour your new record will be live and your domain address shall start resolving to the servers of the other company. There's also an option to edit the TTL value, which determines how long this record is going to be active if you update it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value which the other company may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you've got a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to create an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've created, it is going to take you just a few clicks in the Hepsia Control Panel to achieve that. Even though you may have never had a web hosting account before, you won't face any difficulties since you will use a very simple and intuitive interface. All the DNS records for your domains are going to be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the same name, so as soon as you go there, you will see all records which have been set up automatically or manually and you'll be able to set up a new one by simply clicking on the corresponding button. A small pop-up shall appear, so with just a couple of mouse clicks you can choose the type of record you need and for which domain name or subdomain it will be created. Afterwards, just paste the IPv6 address in a text box, save the change and 1 hour later the new AAAA record will be completely functioning. As an optional setting, you can pick the length of time this record is going to be active after you modify it or delete it in the future. That's the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the default 3600 seconds when the other service provider needs it.